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Birds Eye View Film Festival 8-14th March 2007

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES

"World cinema from the hearts and souls of women. Cutting edge, urgent, now." - Bonnie Greer

Documentaries ain't half hot these days. We seem to love watching what's Real - learning from the lives of others, sinking into stories that we will never experience first hand. These are windows into other people's worlds: whether it's an inspirational story of hip hop artists questioning artistic freedom in Castro's Cuba, the journey of an Iranian transexual adopting the veil, a beautiful insight into a community of people with learning disabilities, the story of the Dixie Chicks anti-Bush controversy, or an exploration of the cost of democracy for women in India - you'll find something unforgettable here...

DOCS 1: Invisible
[Roz Mortimer, UK, 63']
+ Flow [Ewa Cederstam and Asa Marie Bengtsson, Sweden, 12']
Friday 9th March

ICA CINEMA 2: 6.30PM

+ directors Q&A


Stunning portrait of Inuit life that questions how we live in the world today.

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ACTIONAID DOC: House of Smoke
[Camila Villate, Columbia, Myriam Ortega,Luz Adriana Duque, 52']
Saturday 10th March

ICA CINEMA 2: 6.30PM


Powerful documentary on the charcoal-making families in the slums of Colombia.

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FILM: Shut Up and Sing: Dixie Chicks
[Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck, US, 93']
Saturday 10th March

ICA CINEMA 1:9.00PM


Two times Oscar© winner Barbara Kopple follow the Dixie Chicks in the wake of Natalie Maines' anti-Bush statement, with co-director Cecilia Peck.

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DOCS 2: The Genocide in Me
[Araz Artinian, Canada, 52']
Plus director Q&A tbc
Sunday 11th March

ICA CINEMA 2: 12.00PM


This angry, tender and funny film deals with the legacy of genocide and displacement from a very personal veiwpoint. A fascintating insight into recent Armenian history.

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UK DOCS: Sons & Soldiers, Specky, Mirroring Cure Dead Letter Detectives
Sunday 11th March

ICA CINEMA 1: 2.00PM


A selection of enthralling docs from UK women including tales of sons going to war, the inside story of misaddressed post and an architect’s loss of balance.

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DOCS 3: Penumbra
[Gwynne Mcelveen, Republic of Ireland 60']
Plus director Q&A
Sunday 11th March

ICA CINEMA 2: 2PM


Director Gwynne McElveen's fascinating account of her correspondence with artist and death row prisoner Jim.

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DOCS 4: The Birthday
[Daisy Mohr and Negin Kianfar, 82']
Sunday 11th March ICA CINEMA 2: 8.30PM


Following a young Iranian male-to-female transsexual through the operation process and subsequent adoption of the veil.

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DOCS 5: We're Normally Different
[Susanne Engels, Netherlands, 67'] [Anne-Claire Pilley, UK, 23']
Monday 12th March

ICA CINEMA 2: 6.00PM


Cinematically beautiful telling of the lives and loves of four men and women with learning difficulties.

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FILM: East of Havana
[Jauretsi Saizarbitoria & Emelia Menocal, US, 82']
Plus director Q&A

Monday 12th March

ICA CINEMA 1: 8.30PM

An inspiring film tracking the bubbling hip-hop culture in Cuba, East of Havana highlights the question of artistic freedom under Castro's regime.

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ACTIONAID DOC: Six Yards to Democracy
[Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia, India, 55']
Plus directors Q&A tbc
Tuesday 13th March

ICA CINEMA 1: 6.30PM


When a politician distributes free saris, hoping to secure women's votes, disaster ensues and a gruesome stampede causes the deaths of 22 women. This beautifully short documentary explores the cost of democracy.

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